San Francisco. April 24.
William Greer, manager of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company, playwright and
club man, was seen to-day by a representative of the Associated Press in regard to the
dispatch telegraphed from San Francisco, connecting a prominent London physician, whose
name was not given, with the "Jack the Ripper" murders several years ago. Mr. Harrison
stated that the dispatch was entirely correct in very particular so far as the matter
reaching him through Dr. Howard was concerned. He stated that Dr. Howard is a well-known
London physician who passed through San Francisco on a tour of the world several months
ago and that while he was here he (Harrison) met Howard at the Bohemian club and the
latter told him the remarkable story and vouched for its authenticity.
